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Saturday, June 4, 2011

"Sweet Justice"

A Florida couple foreclosed on Bank of America, even bringing trucks and Deputies along to haul away the bank's property.

"The foreclosure nightmare started when Warren and Maureen Nyerges paid cash for a home owned by Bank of American in the Golden Gate Estates. They never had a mortgage whatsoever. But, the bank fouled it up and wound up issuing a foreclosure through their attorney.

The couple took their case to court and after a year and a half nightmare the foreclosure was dropped. A Collier County judge said Bank of America has to pay the couple's $2,534 legal fees for the error. After more than five months the bank still hadn't paid up. So, the homeowners' attorney did just what the bank would do to get their money, legally seize their assets.

"I instructed the deputy to go in and take desks, computers, copiers, filing cabinets, including cash in the drawers," Attorney Todd Allen told WINK News."

Eventually the bank cut a check to cover the assessment and the standoff ended.

As for Allen, he calls this a symptom of a larger problem he sees often in the courts, where banks don't perform their due diligence on foreclosure cases. "As a foreclosure defense attorney this is sweet justice."

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Over the years I have been married, divorced, served as clergy at several handfastings, written for a couple of national magazines and a local newspaper. I have owned a race horse and been owned by several cats. I mined gold for a season. I have been called a curmudgeon. I no longer deny it.